אִם־כֹּ֣ה יֹאמַ֗ר נְקֻדִּים֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ וְיָלְד֥וּ כָל־הַצֹּ֖אן נְקֻדִּ֑ים וְאִם־כֹּ֣ה יֹאמַ֗ר עֲקֻדִּים֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ וְיָלְד֥וּ כָל־הַצֹּ֖אן עֲקֻדִּֽים׃
Kapag sinabi niya nang ganito: “Ang mga may batik ang magiging upa mo,” ay nanganganak ang buong kawan ng mga may batik; at kapag sinabi niya nang ganito: “Ang mga may guhit sa mga binti ang magiging upa mo,” ay nanganganak ang buong kawan ng mga may guhit sa mga binti.
Ramban
IF HE SAID THUS: THE SPECKLED SHALL BE THY WAGES. The meaning thereof is that at first Laban agreed to give Jacob the two appearances the speckled and the spotted — also the brownish lambs. Then he retracted and agreed to give him another color, and thus he changed it every year. The flocks, however, gave birth accordingly. This was not due to the power of the sticks, for he was telling them of the deed of the Great G-d who treated him wondrously each and every year, just as he said, But G-d suffered him not to do me evil.178Above, Verse 7.
It is also possible that Laban changed his wages after the flocks became pregnant and gave birth in accordance with Jacob’s will, it pleasing the Creator to do so. [In this case, it clearly was not due to the power of the sticks.] And so we find in Bereshith Rabbah:17974:2. “The Holy One, blessed be He, foresaw what Laban was destined to do to our father Jacob, and He created the form of the sheep to conform to the colors Laban was to stipulate. Thus, it is not written here, ‘If he said (amar) thus,’ but it is written, ‘If he will say (yomar) thus,’” [indicating that G-d foresaw what Laban was destined to stipulate to Jacob].
It is also possible that Laban changed his wages after the flocks became pregnant and gave birth in accordance with Jacob’s will, it pleasing the Creator to do so. [In this case, it clearly was not due to the power of the sticks.] And so we find in Bereshith Rabbah:17974:2. “The Holy One, blessed be He, foresaw what Laban was destined to do to our father Jacob, and He created the form of the sheep to conform to the colors Laban was to stipulate. Thus, it is not written here, ‘If he said (amar) thus,’ but it is written, ‘If he will say (yomar) thus,’” [indicating that G-d foresaw what Laban was destined to stipulate to Jacob].
Rashbam
וילדו כל הצאן, this percentage could certainly not all be attributed to exposing the sheep to the peeled sticks.
Kli Yakar
If he would say, “The speckled ones shall be your wages,” etc. The text should have said “if he said” [in past tense], because if he would say implies the future. It appears that this relates to what [Jacob] said and God did not allow him to harm me, because he had already seen in his dream I have seen all that Laban is doing to you, etc. Therefore he said if he would say referring to the future, because obviously during the time of placing the rods, spotted and speckled ones would be born. Rather, even in the future when I won’t place the rods, nevertheless everything will be according to his condition — that if he says the speckled shall be your wages, they will all birth speckled ones, because I was thus promised in the dream from the Almighty, since God saw my affliction and all that Laban was doing to me. For when I said remove from there every speckled and spotted sheep, my intention was to say that there should be two flocks close to each other, and if the females would go to the flock of speckled and spotted ones, it would be due to my fortune, and if they would become pregnant in their [Laban’s] flock, it would be due to his fortune. Presumably Laban would agree to this because it’s more likely they would become pregnant in their own flock than go to another flock. But Laban distanced them by a three days’ journey in such a way that it would be impossible for the females to go to that [other] flock, so that Jacob would leave empty-handed. Therefore, he needed to do the matter with the rods, and the Holy One, Blessed be He, agreed with his method, indicating that even without placing the rods, it would be so in the future.